Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Congress Andheri West nominee seeks reconsideration of his candidature

Mumbai: Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, state Congress general secretary Sachin Sawant, who has been fielded from the Andheri West seat in Mumbai, has asked the party leadership to reconsider his candidature.

The ruling BJP has fielded sitting MLA Ameet Satam from the seat for the November 20 polls.

Sawant told PTI on Sunday that he has spoken to All India Congress Committee in-charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala and urged that his candidature from Andheri West constituency be reconsidered.

"I had asked for Vandre East, but that seat has gone to the Shiv Sena (UBT) (alliance partner). I have also said there is resentment over my candidature among local congress leaders in Andheri West," he added.

As per the lists of nominees released by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi allies so far, the Congress has got 10 out of the 36 seats in Mumbai in the seat-sharing deal, resulting in unrest among the Mumbai party cadre.

A Congress functionary claimed the party has left its Mumbai unit in a lurch due to infighting among the city and the state units.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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